#CLEAN MAC FILES FREE#

Clean now does just what it says it does, while Start & Hide starts an agent that runs in the background and cleans your desktop each day or week.

Launch it and a small window opens with two buttons: Start & Hide and Clean now.

#CLEAN MAC FILES FREE#

Clean has a clean interface.Ĭlean is another free app, which sits in your Mac's dock. To find a moved file, from the Desktoday main menu you can also call up the Desktoday destination folder in Finder. This option doesn't seem all that helpful to me because all it does is move the files from your Downloads folder to another folder in your Documents folder (or the destination you specified). Lastly, you can check a box in preferences to Show option to clean Downloads, which adds a Clear Downloads option to the main menu. Also in preferences, you can select a different destination for the moved folders and files. You can set exceptions in Desktoday Preferences to leave certain folders and files on your desktop. It will move all of the folders and files on your desktop to a folder in your Documents folder with the current date. To clean your desktop, click the Desktoday icon (a black file folder) and select Clear Desktop. Desktoday is accessed from your Mac's menu bar.ĭesktoday is a free app that sits in the menu bar at the top of your desktop. The third simply hides them, presenting the illusion of a sparkling clean desktop but preserving your mess of files and folders. Two are free and will sweep up files and folders on your desktop when you command or, in the case of one, as scheduled. Thankfully, the Mac App Store has three apps that can help restore order to your desktop. All you have to do is drag and drop your files onto its menu bar app.Is your Mac's desktop horribly cluttered with various folders and files? If you can't be trusted to create a sensible folder hierarchy and then save files to appropriate folders, it's likely you default to saving file after file to your desktop. Spotless takes your unorganized collection of files and arranges them into folders based on their extensions. This is where apps like Spotless come in. Your Mac’s built-in ability to sort files into stacks and groups is a visual tool that doesn’t actually organize them into folders. To switch between your workspaces, press Control with the Right or Left arrow keys.

You can add a new workspace by entering the “Mission Control” (F3) and clicking the “+” button at the top right corner. macOS allows you to create up to 16 workspaces - each with its own sets of open apps. Instead of installing a separate program to hide your window clutter, you can always switch to a new workspace with a fresh desktop.

You can also snooze programs and have them automatically re-launch at a scheduled time. In addition to hiding your windows, you also have the option to close them to save power and battery life. Or when you simply want a blank desktop to clear your head. It cleans up your desktop’s workspace and comes in handy, especially for meetings, when you don’t want to accidentally land on your private messaging app while multitasking. Later lives in your Mac’s menu bar and when you activate it, it immediately tucks away all your open windows.

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